Gartner defines a strategic technology trend as one with the potential for significant impact on the organisation.
"Gartner's top 10 strategic technology trends will shape digital business opportunities through 2020," said David Cearley, Vice President and Gartner Fellow.
"The first three trends address merging the physical and virtual worlds and the emergence of the digital mesh. While organisations focus on digital business today, algorithmic business is emerging. Algorithms - relationships and interconnections - define the future of business. In algorithmic business, much happens in the background in which people are not directly involved.